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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

genus Nodularia Conrad, 1853: species

5 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Included Species

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia breviconcha

Nodularia breviconcha Lee, Kim, Bogan & Kondo in Lopes-Lima et al., 2020

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (2 + 23 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Korean Peninsula. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb, mtGenome, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia diespiter

Nodularia diespiter (Mabille, 1887)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Northern Vietnam, from the Red River. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Endangered A2ac (Oxynaia diespiter)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia dorri

Nodularia dorri (Wattebled, 1886)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (22 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Guangxi, China and Vietnam. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia douglasiae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

syonymy (38 available, 62 total) | specimens (273 + 233 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in China (including Taiwan), north through Korea and the Amur Basin to Magadan, Russia, south to northern Vietnam; Japan and Sakhalin Island. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, Cytb, ITS1, mtGenome, ND1, other, SRA
IUCN Red List: Least Concern, Near Threatened (Oxynaia jourdyi)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia dualobtusa Wu & Liu in Wu et al., 2024

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0 + 40 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Jilin China, Primorye, Russia, to South Korea. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia fusiformans Wu & Liu in Wu et al., 2024

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0 + 11 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Jiangsu, Henan, and Shandong provinces, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia gladiator

Nodularia gladiator (Ancey, 1881)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Northern Vietnam, from the Red River. (East Asia)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Oxynaia gladiator)
other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia guiensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Endemic to the Qingshui River, Guangxi, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia hanensis Wu & Liu in Wu et al., 2024

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0 + 4 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Han River, Hubei, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia huana Wu & Liu in Wu et al., 2024

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0 + 31 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Yangtze Basin, China. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia micheloti

Nodularia micheloti (Morlet, 1886)

syonymy (1 available, 4 total) | specimens (31 + 11 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Guizhou and Guangzi, China, and northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Endangered A2c (Oxynaia micheloti)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia nipponensis

Nodularia nipponensis (Martens, 1877)

syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (50 + 19 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Japan. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia nuxpersicae

Nodularia nuxpersicae (Dunker, 1848)

syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (3 + 26 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Guangdong, China and northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Scabies chinensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Nodularia persculpta

Nodularia persculpta Haas, 1910

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Central China. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

Nodularia cunhatia Schneider, Böhme & Prieto, 2013 (Tertiary)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Tertiary, northern Vietnam. (East Asia)

other links: MolluscaBase

 
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